Leo had originally thought that the Space Stone, which had been scattered somewhere in a corner of the universe, had finally broken through the last sliver of distance between it and him.
At this moment, it finally pressed tightly against Leo's back.
It attached itself to the spine between his shoulder blades.
The originally illusory Space Stone finally returned from another dimension to a physical state.
It was embedded in his flesh.
It slightly pushed up his meteorite clothes.
The enormous energy within the stone also began pouring into Leo's body without hesitation.
Floating in space, Leo suddenly felt a chill at the center of his back.
Just as he became alert, a massive flow of energy crashed into him.
"Ah!!"
His entire body instantly arched, his hands clenched into fists as his sturdy chest thrust forward with all its strength.
Powerful, abundant energy continuously surged in from the center of his back.
At the same time, intense tearing pain began spreading from the same place.
Leo, who had never absorbed such an ample amount of energy before, felt for the first time that there was simply too much energy—so much that he could not swallow it all.
Every second, it was several times greater than the combined energy of the eight sources surrounding him when he had been in the Vibranium mine.
Leo struggled desperately in place, his body stretching forward as far as instinct allowed.
His fingers twitched slightly.
The metal clothes covering his entire upper body exploded apart, exposing Leo's fair skin.
If Leo could have seen the scene on his own back, he definitely would have been frightened as well.
The blue stone was firmly attached to his skin, yet powerful blue energy was radiating outward and extending wildly.
With the stone as its center, numerous